Leaf:
alternate, 2–7 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, oval to obovate, acuminate with irregularly serrate margins, rugose, dark green, with glandular petioles. Form:Shrub/Tree Fruit:sweet but slightly tart cherry 5–12 mm (rarely to 25 mm) in diameter, scarlet, ripening in early summer. Bark: glabrous and copper-tinted black Location: 40 degress north and 80 degress west Economic/Ecological Importance:
The fruit is edible, being an ingredient of juice, jam, wine and in pickled vegetables and mushrooms. It is also grown as an ornamental plant. Habitat:Temperate areas, Hardwood forests, Suburban Areas Range: Eurasia, North America, Australia Toxicity: Can produce cyanide when leaves become wilted
Chinese Cherry Tree
Prunus tomentosa
alternate, 2–7 cm long and 1–3.5 cm broad, oval to obovate, acuminate with irregularly serrate margins, rugose, dark green, with glandular petioles.
Form:Shrub/Tree
Fruit:sweet but slightly tart cherry 5–12 mm (rarely to 25 mm) in diameter, scarlet, ripening in early summer.
Bark: glabrous and copper-tinted black
Location: 40 degress north and 80 degress west
Economic/Ecological Importance:
The fruit is edible, being an ingredient of juice, jam, wine and in pickled vegetables and mushrooms. It is also grown as an ornamental plant.
Habitat:Temperate areas, Hardwood forests, Suburban Areas
Range: Eurasia, North America, Australia
Toxicity: Can produce cyanide when leaves become wilted